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parkerrutherford
Take this quiz and find out how much you know about important historical events.
Question 1:
In what year did mechanic Walter Hunt invent the safety pin?
1243
1994
1849
1772
Question 2:
This person murdered John F. Kennedy's presumed assassinator on November 24, 1963, in the first live broadcast of a homicide in television history.
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
Marilyn Monroe
Question 3:
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished what?
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Question 4:
Give the first name of the Republican politician, who became the 38th Governor of California.
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Question 5:
American physician and researcher, Jonas Edward Salk, is the inventor of the first vaccine against which disease?
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Question 6:
This lawyer and amateur poet wrote the lyrics of the US national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Francis Scott Key
John Scott Key
George Bellamy
Francis Bellamy
Question 7:
Golf, one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area, originated in Scotland.
False
True
Question 8:
This epic poem follows the voyage of the king of Ithaca, who returns from the Trojan War.
Joan of Arc
The Iliad
Through the Looking Glass
The Odyssey
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